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Table 2 Summary of the results from the multilevel models

From: Health inequalities in Germany: do regional-level variables explain differentials in cardiovascular risk?

 

Men

Women

Outcome variables

SES a

(individual level)

Poverty Rate b

(regional level)

SES a

(individual level)

Poverty Rate b

(regional level)

BMI

sign. association c

(no association)e

sign. associationc

weak associationd

Systolic BP

sign. associationc

weak associationd

weak associationd

(no association)e

Diastolic BP

weak associationd

sign. associationc

sign. associationc

weak associationd

Cholesterol

(no association)e

sign. associationc

sign. associationc

sign. associationc

  1. a) risk of upper SES as compared with lower SES
  2. (↓ : lower risk in upper SES group; ↑ : higher risk in upper SES group)
  3. b) risk associated with change in poverty rate of 1%
  4. (↓ : decreasing risk with increasing poverty rate; ↑ : increasing risk with increasing poverty rate)
  5. c) p < 0.05
  6. d) p < 0.175
  7. e) variable removed from the model due to exclusion criteria (α > 0.175)